U.S. patent number D947,560 [Application Number D/761,463] was granted by the patent office on 2022-04-05 for chair. This patent grant is currently assigned to STEELCASE INC.. The grantee listed for this patent is Steelcase Inc.. Invention is credited to Nickolaus William Charles Deevers, Gary Karsten, Santiago Carral O'Gorman.
United States Patent | D947,560 |
Deevers , et al. | April 5, 2022 |
Inventors: | Deevers; Nickolaus William Charles (Holland, MI), O'Gorman; Santiago Carral (Grand Rapids, MI), Karsten; Gary (Wyoming, MI) | ||||||||||
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Assignee: | STEELCASE INC. (Grand Rapids,
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Appl. No.: | D/761,463 | ||||||||||
Filed: | December 9, 2020 |
Application Number | Filing Date | Patent Number | Issue Date | ||
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29693247 | May 31, 2019 | D907935 | |||
Current U.S. Class: | D6/366 |
Current International Class: | 0601 |
Field of Search: | ;D6/356,364,365,366,367,379,716,716.4,716.7,360,380 ;D21/521,695 |
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